Apply the herbicide before raking, wait until it is dying before raking. You want to kill the roots. Get a camo tarp and throw it over it, stick some branches in it and tell honey that it's a big bush. LOL

I wouldn't be in the water when I'm spraying but that's just me. The closer to the plant the herbicide is put in the water the better it will work.

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